[6] The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) issued Radioactive Materials License SNM-928 in 1965 to Kerr-McGee Corporation for the uranium fuel fabrication facilities at the Cimarron site.
In 1970, the AEC issued Radioactive Materials License SNM-1174 in 1970 to KMC for the mixed oxide fuel fabrication (MOFF) facilities at the same site.
Along with the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC), Kerr-McGee made the fuel pins for FFTF cores 1 and 2 from 1973 to 1975.
[2][3][5][7] In January 1975, the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) sent a report to Congress entitled, Federal Investigations Into Certain Health, Safety, Quality Control and Criminal Allegations at Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation.
At the time, she was engaged in whistleblowing activities to expose what she and the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union believed were unsafe practices and falsification of records at the facility.
[11] In 1985, in an out-of-court settlement with Kerr-McGee, Silkwood's family was awarded US$1.38 million for the plutonium contamination she experienced while working at the Cimarron facility.